Current Time in Russia 🇷🇺
Check the current local time anywhere in Russia. Below you'll find live clocks for Russia's major cities, its time zone and UTC offset, and its largest cities by population.
Capital City: Moscow
- Moscow (Pop. 12,500,000)
- Saint Petersburg (Pop. 5,351,935)
- Novosibirsk (Pop. 1,612,833)
- Yekaterinburg (Pop. 1,495,066)
- Nizhniy Novgorod (Pop. 1,259,013)
ISO Alpha-2: RU
ISO Alpha-3: RUS
UTC Offset: UTC+12:00
Current Time in Major Cities in Russia
- Abakan Wed 01:26:55
- Akademicheskoe Tue 21:26:55
- Anadyr Wed 06:26:55
- Angarsk Wed 02:26:55
- Arkhangel’sk Tue 21:26:55
- Armavir Tue 21:26:55
- Astrakhan Tue 22:26:55
- Balakovo Tue 22:26:55
- Barnaul Wed 01:26:55
- Belgorod Tue 21:26:55
- Birobidzhan Wed 04:26:55
- Biysk Wed 01:26:55
- Blagoveshchensk Wed 03:26:55
- Bratsk Wed 02:26:55
- Bryansk Tue 21:26:55
- Centralniy Tue 21:26:55
- Cheboksary Tue 21:26:55
- Chelyabinsk Tue 23:26:55
- Cherepovets Tue 21:26:55
- Cherkessk Tue 21:26:55
- Chita Wed 03:26:55
- Dzerzhinsk Tue 21:26:55
- Elista Tue 21:26:55
- Engels Tue 22:26:55
- Gorno-Altaysk Wed 01:26:55
- Groznyy Tue 21:26:55
- Irkutsk Wed 02:26:55
- Ivanovo Tue 21:26:55
- Izhevsk Tue 22:26:55
- Kaliningrad Tue 20:26:55
- Kalininskiy Tue 21:26:55
- Kaluga Tue 21:26:55
- Kazan Tue 21:26:55
- Kemerovo Wed 01:26:55
- Khabarovsk Wed 04:26:55
- Khabarovsk Vtoroy Wed 04:26:55
- Khimki Tue 21:26:55
- Kirov Tue 21:26:55
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur Wed 04:26:55
- Kostroma Tue 21:26:55
- Krasnodar Tue 21:26:55
- Krasnogvargeisky Tue 21:26:55
- Krasnoyarsk Wed 01:26:55
- Kurgan Tue 23:26:55
- Kursk Tue 21:26:55
- Kyzyl Wed 01:26:55
- Lipetsk Tue 21:26:55
- Magadan Wed 05:26:55
- Magnitogorsk Tue 23:26:55
- Makhachkala Tue 21:26:55
- Mar’ino Tue 21:26:55
- Maykop Tue 21:26:55
- Moscow Tue 21:26:55
- Murmansk Tue 21:26:55
- Naberezhnyye Chelny Tue 21:26:55
- Nalchik Tue 21:26:55
- Nar'yan-Mar Tue 21:26:55
- Nazran’ Tue 21:26:55
- Nizhnekamsk Tue 21:26:55
- Nizhnevartovsk Tue 23:26:55
- Nizhniy Novgorod Tue 21:26:55
- Nizhny Tagil Tue 23:26:55
- Novokuznetsk Wed 01:26:55
- Novorossiysk Tue 21:26:55
- Novosibirsk Wed 01:26:55
- Noyabrsk Tue 23:26:55
- Omsk Wed 00:26:55
- Orenburg Tue 23:26:55
- Orsk Tue 23:26:55
- Orël Tue 21:26:55
- Penza Tue 21:26:55
- Perm Tue 23:26:55
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Wed 06:26:55
- Petrozavodsk Tue 21:26:55
- Prokop’yevsk Wed 01:26:55
- Pskov Tue 21:26:55
- Rostov-na-Donu Tue 21:26:55
- Ryazan’ Tue 21:26:55
- Rybinsk Tue 21:26:55
- Saint Petersburg Tue 21:26:55
- Samara Tue 22:26:55
- Saransk Tue 21:26:55
- Saratov Tue 22:26:55
- Severnyy Tue 21:26:55
- Severodvinsk Tue 21:26:55
- Shakhty Tue 21:26:55
- Smolensk Tue 21:26:55
- Sochi Tue 21:26:55
- Staryy Oskol Tue 21:26:55
- Stavropol’ Tue 21:26:55
- Sterlitamak Tue 23:26:55
- Surgut Tue 23:26:55
- Syktyvkar Tue 21:26:55
- Taganrog Tue 21:26:55
- Tambov Tue 21:26:55
- Tolyatti Tue 22:26:55
- Tomsk Wed 01:26:55
- Tula Tue 21:26:55
- Tver Tue 21:26:55
- Tyumen Tue 23:26:55
- Ufa Tue 23:26:55
- Ulan-Ude Wed 02:26:55
- Ulyanovsk Tue 22:26:55
- Vasyl'evsky Ostrov Tue 21:26:55
- Velikiy Novgorod Tue 21:26:55
- Vladikavkaz Tue 21:26:55
- Vladimir Tue 21:26:55
- Vladivostok Wed 04:26:55
- Volgograd Tue 21:26:55
- Vologda Tue 21:26:55
- Volzhsky Tue 21:26:55
- Voronezh Tue 21:26:55
- Vykhino-Zhulebino Tue 21:26:55
- Yakutsk Wed 03:26:55
- Yaroslavl Tue 21:26:55
- Yekaterinburg Tue 23:26:55
- Yoshkar-Ola Tue 21:26:55
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Wed 05:26:55
- Zelenograd Tue 21:26:55
- Zlatoust Tue 23:26:55
| City | Current Time |
|---|---|
| Abakan | Wed 01:26:55 |
| Akademicheskoe | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Anadyr | Wed 06:26:55 |
| Angarsk | Wed 02:26:55 |
| Arkhangel’sk | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Armavir | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Astrakhan | Tue 22:26:55 |
| Balakovo | Tue 22:26:55 |
| Barnaul | Wed 01:26:55 |
| Belgorod | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Birobidzhan | Wed 04:26:55 |
| Biysk | Wed 01:26:55 |
| Blagoveshchensk | Wed 03:26:55 |
| Bratsk | Wed 02:26:55 |
| Bryansk | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Centralniy | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Cheboksary | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Chelyabinsk | Tue 23:26:55 |
| Cherepovets | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Cherkessk | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Chita | Wed 03:26:55 |
| Dzerzhinsk | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Elista | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Engels | Tue 22:26:55 |
| Gorno-Altaysk | Wed 01:26:55 |
| Groznyy | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Irkutsk | Wed 02:26:55 |
| Ivanovo | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Izhevsk | Tue 22:26:55 |
| Kaliningrad | Tue 20:26:55 |
| Kalininskiy | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Kaluga | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Kazan | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Kemerovo | Wed 01:26:55 |
| Khabarovsk | Wed 04:26:55 |
| Khabarovsk Vtoroy | Wed 04:26:55 |
| Khimki | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Kirov | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Komsomolsk-on-Amur | Wed 04:26:55 |
| Kostroma | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Krasnodar | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Krasnogvargeisky | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Krasnoyarsk | Wed 01:26:55 |
| Kurgan | Tue 23:26:55 |
| Kursk | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Kyzyl | Wed 01:26:55 |
| Lipetsk | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Magadan | Wed 05:26:55 |
| Magnitogorsk | Tue 23:26:55 |
| Makhachkala | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Mar’ino | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Maykop | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Moscow | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Murmansk | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Naberezhnyye Chelny | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Nalchik | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Nar'yan-Mar | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Nazran’ | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Nizhnekamsk | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Nizhnevartovsk | Tue 23:26:55 |
| Nizhniy Novgorod | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Nizhny Tagil | Tue 23:26:55 |
| Novokuznetsk | Wed 01:26:55 |
| Novorossiysk | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Novosibirsk | Wed 01:26:55 |
| Noyabrsk | Tue 23:26:55 |
| Omsk | Wed 00:26:55 |
| Orenburg | Tue 23:26:55 |
| Orsk | Tue 23:26:55 |
| Orël | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Penza | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Perm | Tue 23:26:55 |
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | Wed 06:26:55 |
| Petrozavodsk | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Prokop’yevsk | Wed 01:26:55 |
| Pskov | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Rostov-na-Donu | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Ryazan’ | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Rybinsk | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Saint Petersburg | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Samara | Tue 22:26:55 |
| Saransk | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Saratov | Tue 22:26:55 |
| Severnyy | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Severodvinsk | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Shakhty | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Smolensk | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Sochi | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Staryy Oskol | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Stavropol’ | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Sterlitamak | Tue 23:26:55 |
| Surgut | Tue 23:26:55 |
| Syktyvkar | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Taganrog | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Tambov | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Tolyatti | Tue 22:26:55 |
| Tomsk | Wed 01:26:55 |
| Tula | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Tver | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Tyumen | Tue 23:26:55 |
| Ufa | Tue 23:26:55 |
| Ulan-Ude | Wed 02:26:55 |
| Ulyanovsk | Tue 22:26:55 |
| Vasyl'evsky Ostrov | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Velikiy Novgorod | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Vladikavkaz | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Vladimir | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Vladivostok | Wed 04:26:55 |
| Volgograd | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Vologda | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Volzhsky | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Voronezh | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Vykhino-Zhulebino | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Yakutsk | Wed 03:26:55 |
| Yaroslavl | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Yekaterinburg | Tue 23:26:55 |
| Yoshkar-Ola | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | Wed 05:26:55 |
| Zelenograd | Tue 21:26:55 |
| Zlatoust | Tue 23:26:55 |
IANA time zones in Russia
Russia maps to the following IANA time-zone database entries. Open any zone for its current time, UTC offset, daylight-saving rules and the cities and countries that use it.
- Asia/Anadyr GMT+12 · UTC+12:00
- Asia/Barnaul GMT+7 · UTC+07:00
- Asia/Chita GMT+9 · UTC+09:00
- Asia/Irkutsk GMT+8 · UTC+08:00
- Asia/Kamchatka GMT+12 · UTC+12:00
- Asia/Khandyga GMT+9 · UTC+09:00
- Asia/Krasnoyarsk GMT+7 · UTC+07:00
- Asia/Magadan GMT+11 · UTC+11:00
- Asia/Novokuznetsk GMT+7 · UTC+07:00
- Asia/Novosibirsk GMT+7 · UTC+07:00
- Asia/Omsk GMT+6 · UTC+06:00
- Asia/Sakhalin GMT+11 · UTC+11:00
- Asia/Srednekolymsk GMT+11 · UTC+11:00
- Asia/Tomsk GMT+7 · UTC+07:00
- Asia/Ust-Nera GMT+10 · UTC+10:00
- Asia/Vladivostok GMT+10 · UTC+10:00
- Asia/Yakutsk GMT+9 · UTC+09:00
- Asia/Yekaterinburg GMT+5 · UTC+05:00
- Europe/Astrakhan GMT+4 · UTC+04:00
- Europe/Kaliningrad EET · UTC+02:00
- Europe/Kirov MSK · UTC+03:00
- Europe/Moscow MSK · UTC+03:00
- Europe/Samara GMT+4 · UTC+04:00
- Europe/Saratov GMT+4 · UTC+04:00
- Europe/Simferopol MSK · UTC+03:00
- Europe/Ulyanovsk GMT+4 · UTC+04:00
- Europe/Volgograd MSK · UTC+03:00
- W-SU MSK · UTC+03:00
Does Russia have multiple time zones?
Yes. Russia uses more than one IANA time zone, so the current local time can differ by city or region. For scheduling, compare the exact city on the world cities list or use the time zone converter.
| IANA time zone | Current standard offset |
|---|---|
| Asia/Anadyr | UTC+12:00 |
| Asia/Barnaul | UTC+07:00 |
| Asia/Chita | UTC+09:00 |
| Asia/Irkutsk | UTC+08:00 |
| Asia/Kamchatka | UTC+12:00 |
| Asia/Khandyga | UTC+09:00 |
| Asia/Krasnoyarsk | UTC+07:00 |
| Asia/Magadan | UTC+11:00 |
| Asia/Novokuznetsk | UTC+07:00 |
| Asia/Novosibirsk | UTC+07:00 |
| Asia/Omsk | UTC+06:00 |
| Asia/Sakhalin | UTC+11:00 |
| Asia/Srednekolymsk | UTC+11:00 |
| Asia/Tomsk | UTC+07:00 |
| Asia/Ust-Nera | UTC+10:00 |
| Asia/Vladivostok | UTC+10:00 |
| Asia/Yakutsk | UTC+09:00 |
| Asia/Yekaterinburg | UTC+05:00 |
| Europe/Astrakhan | UTC+04:00 |
| Europe/Kaliningrad | UTC+02:00 |
| Europe/Kirov | UTC+03:00 |
| Europe/Moscow | UTC+03:00 |
| Europe/Samara | UTC+04:00 |
| Europe/Saratov | UTC+04:00 |
| Europe/Simferopol | UTC+03:00 |
| Europe/Ulyanovsk | UTC+04:00 |
| Europe/Volgograd | UTC+03:00 |
| W-SU | UTC+03:00 |
Why this matters
A country name is a broad signal. City and IANA pages give Google and users the exact time entity: place, time-zone rule set, UTC offset, and daylight-saving context.
Time in Russia at a glance
| Current main time | 06:26 on Wednesday |
|---|---|
| Time zones | 11 (from UTC+02:00 to UTC+12:00) |
| Daylight saving | No - Same time all year |
| Zone names | +12, +07, +09, +08 |
| Capital | Moscow |
| Cities tracked | 120 |
How many time zones does Russia have?
Russia is split across 11 time zones, from UTC+02:00 in the east to UTC+12:00 in the west. That means the local time can be up to 1 hours apart between two cities in the same country.
Does Russia change its clocks for daylight saving?
No. Russia stays on the same UTC offset all year. There are no daylight saving changes, so you never have to move the clocks. Want the full picture? Read our guide to daylight saving time.
How to convert time in Russia
For a quick UTC comparison using the main displayed clock: 12:00 UTC = 00:00 local time, and 09:00 local time = 21:00 UTC. If Russia has more than one time zone, use the city and IANA zone links on this page for the exact local rule, or drop any two places into the time zone converter to get the answer instantly.
Best time to call or schedule with Russia
For scheduling, start with the live clock above, then check the city page for Moscow or another major city in Russia. City pages include sunrise/sunset, local DST status, and time-difference tables against major world hubs. To compare several places at a glance, line them up side by side on the world clock.
Major cities in Russia
The capital of Russia is Moscow. The biggest cities in Russia include Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhniy Novgorod. Open any city to see its live clock, sunrise and sunset times, and how far ahead or behind it is from other places.
💡 Tip: Need the time in a specific city? Use the list above - Every city in Russia has its own live clock and time-difference table.
Time in Russia - Frequently asked questions
How many time zones does Russia have?
Russia spans 11 time zones, from UTC+02:00 to UTC+12:00.
Does Russia use daylight saving time?
No - Russia keeps the same UTC offset all year.
What time is it in Russia right now?
It is about 06:26 on Wednesday in the main time zone of Russia. The clock above updates every second.
What is the capital of Russia?
The capital of Russia is Moscow. Open its page to see the current local time there.
How Alarm.now builds the Russia time page
Country, city, and IANA time-zone signals
This page connects Russia to its live city clocks, listed IANA time zone, UTC offset, and daylight-saving context. The capital city signal is Moscow, and each linked city page gives the more precise local clock and scheduling notes.
Country entity signals on this page
Alarm.now uses stable country identifiers plus live clock data so this page is not just a list of similar time links. The signals below describe the country entity, its crawlable city cluster, and its time-zone coverage.
| Country | Russia 🇷🇺 |
|---|---|
| ISO identifiers | RU / RUS |
| Capital city clock | Moscow |
| City pages in cluster | 120 crawlable city clocks |
| IANA time zones | 28 listed zones |
| Representative UTC offset | UTC+12:00 |
Best next pages for crawl flow
From this country overview, Google and users can move naturally to Moscow time, the IANA time-zone index, and the time zone converter for future-date checks.
When to use a city page instead
Use this country page for the overview. Use a specific city or IANA time zone page when you need the exact rule set for calendars, travel, code, or future meetings.